1915–1959
Billie Holiday
American jazz singer
44years old at death
16,172days lived
10%of the people on this site died younger
Billie Holiday was born on 7 April 1915 and died on 17 July 1959, aged 44 years and 101 days. That is 16,172 days in all.
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- Henry David ThoreauAmerican essayist, poet, and philosopher · 1817–186244 yrs
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- F. Scott FitzgeraldAmerican writer · 1896–194044 yrs
- Heinrich HimmlerGerman Nazi politician; leader of the German SS & main architect of the Holocaust · 1900–194544 yrs
Everyone famous who died at 44
Also born on 7 April
- William WordsworthEnglish Romantic poet · 1770–185080 yrs
- Gabriela MistralChilean poet, diplomat and educator · 1889–195767 yrs
- Teresa of ÁvilaRoman Catholic saint · 1515–158267 yrs
- Ravi ShankarIndian sitar player · 1920–201292 yrs
- Clement XIIPope of the Catholic Church from 1730 to 1740 · 1652–174087 yrs
- Charles FourierFrench utopian socialist and philosopher · 1772–183765 yrs
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